{"id":13052,"date":"2012-08-01T13:53:02","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T11:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/olympics-swimming-phelps-and-lochte-through-to-medley-semis\/"},"modified":"2012-08-01T13:53:02","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T11:53:02","slug":"olympics-swimming-phelps-and-lochte-through-to-medley-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/olympics-swimming-phelps-and-lochte-through-to-medley-semis\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympics-Swimming-Phelps and Lochte through to medley semis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LONDON<\/span> Aug 1 (Reuters) – Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte
\nboth safely qualified for the semi-finals of the men’s 200
\nmetres individual medley at the London Olympics on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Returning to the pool for the morning heats after they
\nteamed up to win gold for the United States in the 4×200
\nfreestyle relay on Tuesday night, the pair were untroubled
\nmaking the top 16 for the evening semi-finals.<\/p>\n

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Phelps, who won the 200 medley at Athens in 2004 and Beijing
\nfour years later and is bidding to become the first man to win
\nthe same individual event at three Olympics, finished second in
\nhis heat and fourth overall despite being fatigued.<\/p>\n

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“Didn’t really get much sleep last night, didn’t warm down at
\nall, so this morning didn’t feel too comfortable,” he said.<\/p>\n

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Lochte won his heat and was second overall but was
\nconserving his energy because he swam the 200 backstroke heats
\njust before the medley.<\/p>\n

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“This morning’s races were easy. All I had to do was get a
\nlane for tonight and that’s what I did,” Lochte said.<\/p>\n

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The fastest overall time was set by Laszlo Cseh of Hungary,
\nwho left nothing to chance after missing out on a place on the
\nfinal for the 400 medley.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

South Africa’s Chad le Clos was 11th overall. Le Clos upset
\nPhelps in the 200 butterfly final on Tuesday and was so shocked
\nby his victory that he slept with his gold medal.<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Julian Linden; Editing by Greg Stutchbury)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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